There may be a possible break in the Stephanie Bennett murder case. Wednesday night, police issued an arrest warrant for a man wanted for at least one attack on a woman in north Raleigh. Police say he may be connected to other burglaries and sexual assaults, and they're not ruling out the possibility he may be a suspect in the Stephanie Bennett murder.

Police are looking for Wayne Willis, Jr. He's considered armed and dangerous.

Willis is wanted for a first degree forcible sex offense, first degree burglary, and first degree kidnapping after breaking into a west Raleigh apartment on the morning of September 20th, 2002, sexually assaulting a college student and then stealing property

GREELEY, Colo. -- A sex offender whose appeal of his parole term resulted in a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that released about 1,500 sex offenders has pleaded guilty in another sex assault case.
Vance Martin, , of Fort Lupton, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of attempted sexual assault on a child and will spend 18 years in prison as part of a plea deal.

AUBURN, Maine -- A Lewiston man was sentenced Thursday to 58 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a Bates College student last year.

Androscoggin County Superior Court Judge Ellen Gorman sentenced Brandon Thongsavanh, 20, for the March 2002 slaying of Morgan McDuffee, 22, a Bates College senior who was killed less than four months from graduation. McDuffee went to high school in Lexington, Mass.

VENTURA, Calif. -- The attorney for admitted serial rapist Vincent Sanchez said the murder defendant killed a Moorpark College student because he was enraged with a former girlfriend and was drunk and mentally unstable

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The suspected "Belmont Shore rapist" was ordered Thursday to stand trial for a series of 15 sexual assaults in Long Beach, Huntington Beach and Los Alamitos -- all of which occurred over a nearly six-year period.

The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office said Thursday that it will seek the death penalty for a man who allegedly killed a severely beaten teenage girl.

Rodney Lee Burton, 21, of North Braddock, is charged with kidnapping and murdering Dana Pliakas, 17, of Murrysville, Westmoreland County, on March 23.

The victim's naked body was found at the bottom of a staircase under an Ardmore Boulevard ramp. Burton had allegedly driven Pliakas there, forced her to remove her clothes and shot her in the head at close range.

The shooting followed a party at Burton's apartment, where police said Pliakas was tortured and humiliated by Burton's girlfriend, Brittany Williams

Police are searching for a man who allegedly terrorized three females in Elmhurst last month, including the attack and rape of a 13-year-old girl.
The suspect, who is described by police only as being a Hispanic male, attacked the females in three seperate incidents in a span of 10 days. Besides raping the girl, he also attempted attacks on a 60-year-old woman and another 13-year-old girl.

A registered sex offender charged with assaulting a young child while volunteering at a local elementary school has been caught.

In November of 2002, Mr. Major Steven Hall, a registered sex offender started volunteering at Burton Elementary School. During his tenure as a volunteer, Hall attempted to befriend a five-year-old student at the school and allegedly inappropriately touch the victim.

Richmond County investigators have arrested an Augusta man in connection with the slaying of Pump N' Shop worker Margaret King and are seeking two other men in the case. Sheriff Ronnie Strength announced the capture of Timothy Green, 19, at a news conference. Investigators have also issued murder and armed robbery warrants for 30-year-old Cederic Beals and a third man, James "J.T." Tenant, 27, is being sought for questioning

One man died and another was injured after both were shot Wednesday evening at the corner of North Tracy and Huger streets in downtown Charleston, police said.
The shootings were a result of a verbal dispute at the street corner, said Charleston police spokesman Charles Francis. He would not say whether the men shot at each other or were shot by someone else.

LONG BEACH — Calling him a "cold-blooded, heartless killer," a judge today sentenced a man to death for murdering a Long Beach officer who had stumbled on to a revenge attack attempt on a gang member.

Ramon Sandoval Jr. was convicted last October of first-degree murder for the April 29, 2000, slaying of Officer Daryle Black -- the first Long Beach police officer to die in the line of duty in almost 25 years.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Months after a baby girl was found dead, police say they know who killed her.
Police are pointing the finger at baby sitter Nelly Joseph (pictured), 48. She was arrested Thursday and charged with the second-degree murder .

"Julian J. Lockhart is wanted for allegedly beating a man to death with a tree branch and then stealing his car on May 5, 2002, in Durham, Connecticut. The victim and Lockhart allegedly met after the victim had advertised the sale of his car in a local newspaper. Lockhart responded to the advertisement and made arrangements to meet the victim at his place of employment for a test drive of the vehicle. The victim never returned from the test drive"

JR's notes:

(These FBI wanted posters make great WN flyers. Simple post them in your area. The muds get real pissed at seeing the ugly photos of these dangerous mud criminals and you don't have to worry about being prosecuted for spreading "hate litterature" - you're just a patriotic American trying to help the FBI catch crooks.!

A mother comes to the defense of her son, who is under arrest and suspected of being the so-called "elevator rapist." Eyewitness News reporter Cheryl Fiandaca spoke with the mother this afternoon, who insists there's no way her son would hurt anyone. Cheryl is in Harlem with the story.